On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Steve Loughran wrote: > > Is it possible to pass a remote reference using SOAP and Axis? I would > like > > to establish a publisher-subscriber style relationship between a client > > (which implements a listener interface) and an Axis web service. > > > > I have created the web service class, event class (Serializable) and event > > listener interface (modeled on SWING) but WSDL2Java creates a class for > the > > listener interface when I really need to pass a reference to the client > for > > the service to call when events occur. > > > > Also is it possible to operate in the other direction, could a web service > > create a new object which it passes as a remote reference to the client > and > > if so how could you do it? > > do you meant that you want to do callbacks from a SOAP service to the > client? > > If that is the case there is no easy solution at all, not one that works > over HTTP and through firewalls and things. You need polling, or different > transports like STMP somewhere in the solution.
Couldn't he accomplish what he needs to do by passing to the server the fully qualified domain name + the port he would be listening on? -- Jim Dixon [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel +44 117 982 0786 mobile +44 797 373 7881 ---------- THAT'S A CHANGE OF ADDRESS: I'm no longer [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------
